“Neubauer opened with Schubert’s Violin Sonatina No. 1, a piece so simple on the surface that a less experienced player could skate over its subtleties…Neubauer and pianist Janice Carissa took their time with this lightish beginning, starting precisely together and shaping the line with fluid rubato and unity. The slow movement flowed with beautifully sculpted musicality, and the third movement bounced with an easy, gigue-like energy. 

Bartók composed his Sonata for Solo Violin for Yehudi Menuhin in 1944. Neubauer gave a nuanced, profound interpretation of this monumental work, which he played from memory. In the first movement (“Tempo di ciaccona”), he placed excursions into the extremely high register with confidence, and the dissonant contrapuntal lines were impeccably in tune.

…Neubauer kept a strict consistency of articulation, which helped differentiate countersubject from subject as the opening fugal section unfolded. A folk music-like rhythmic freedom liberated some parts of the piece, especially as Neubauer unleashed some of the Guarneri’s louder end.”